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WontheprestigiousWriter'sDigestaward.1,900booksenteredthe nationalcompetition,MissAmericabyDaywonfirstplaceinthe"Most InspirationalBook"category.Inthisawardwinningbook,formerMiss America,MarilynVanDerbur,describes,indetail,herhealingprocess after13yearsofincest."Iwrotethebook,notbecauseIwantsomeone tolearnmoreaboutmebutsoreaderscanlearnmoreaboutthemselves. Andsothatlovedonescanbetterunderstandthebrutalrecovery processandneveragainsay,"justgetoverit."Thepainends,Ipromise ...IFyoudothe'work'ofhealing.Aloving,long-termrelationshipand groundedwell,adjustedchildrenawaityou.AjudgefortheWriters Digestbookcompetitionwrote:"SeldomasajudgehaveIwantedto
readtheentirebookbutIdevouredeverywordofthisrivetingstory... Toldwithstarkhonestyandvividdetailsthatweresoimportantin riddingherselfofthepain,tormentandshame..."Anyonewhoknew MarilynVanDerburasachildandyoungadultbelievedshehaditall-alovingfamily,abeautifulhome,anactivesociallife.Butbeneaththe surface,VanDerburwasatroubledyoungwomanwholivedthrough horrificpanicattacksandexcruciatingphysicalpaineverydayofher adultlife.Startingwhenshewasjustachildoffive,shewassexually abusedbyherfatheruntilsheturned18.VanDerburusestheterm "incested,"eschewingthemorevanillatermsof"molestation"or "abuse."Asastudentandyoungadult,VanDerburwasanoverachiever withanunconsciousneedtostayverybusy.Sherealizesnowthiswasa copingmechanismtokeephertwoworldsseparated-the"nightchild" whosufferedatthehandsofherfatherandthe"daychild"whowas happyandoutgoing.Afterbeingnamedvaledictorianofherhighschool class,shewentontocollege.Persuadedtoenteralocalbeautypageant, sheultimatelywascrownedMissAmerica.Ignoringthesheerterrorshe feltattheprospectofspeakinginfrontofothers,VanDerburwentonto becomeahighlysuccessfulmotivationalspeaker.Shewritesofher endlessneedtoberespectedbyothers,allthewhilebelievingthatif othersreallyknewwhoshewas,theywouldhateherandlookather withdisdainanddisgust.Theperfectlypoisedmasksheshowedthe outsideworldwasafarcryfromthetortured,panic-stricken,anxious womanwithin.Theshameshefeltwithinwasaconstantinherlife, remindingherthatshewas"unworthy."Whenanewspaperreporter learnedofherstory,VanDerbur'sprivateshamebecamefront-page news.ThenshelandedonthecoverofPeoplemagazine.Soonincest survivorsfromaroundthecountrywerereachingouttoher,desperateto tellsomeonewhathadhappenedtothem.Itbecameinstantlyclearthat hernewroleinlifewastohelpotherswhohadsufferedincestandto helpteacheveryonehowtomakesuretheirchildrenaresafefrom predators.Readmore